Mighty Stonewall

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A couple of the comments I’ve received so far have made reference to the photo of the Stonewall Jackson Manassas monument that graces this site’s banner. Later today (hopefully) I’ll talk about the monument. This should give me a chance to learn how to insert photos and hyperlinks into a post. The banner photo was taken by me in April 2005 during a visit to the battlefield with friends Dick Weeks and Teej Smith.

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Pat(22:22:48) :

Hi Harry.
Good luck with the blog. I too was impressed with the Stonewall imagery. Angle and the specific cropping are very effective. Looking forward to what you’ve got to say about the monument. Keeping thinking our “A Bull Runs Through It” t-shirt design would look good here as well. ;)

Best regards.

Pat

P.S. That “Written with love” gives you such a warm fuzzy demeanor. ;)

Dulce bellum inexpertis

“I am sending you these little incidents as I hear them well authenticated. They form, to the friends of the parties, part of the history of the glorious 21st. More anon.”

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Hello! I’m Harry Smeltzer and welcome to Bull Runnings, where you'll find my digital history project on the First Battle of Bull Run which is organized under the Bull Run Resources section. I'll also post my thoughts on the processes behind the project and commentary on the campaign, but pretty much all things Civil War are fair game. You'll only find musings on my “real job” or my personal life when they relate to this project. My mother always told me "never discuss politics or religion in mixed company”, and that's sound advice where current events are concerned.

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This site is more than a blog. Bull Runnings also hosts digitized material pertaining to First Bull Run. In the Bull Run Resources link in the masthead and also listed below are links to Orders of Battle, After Action Reports, Official Correspondence, Biographical Sketches, Diaries, Letters, Memoirs, Newspaper Accounts and much, much more. Take some time to surf through the material. This is a work in process with no end in sight, so check back often!